The plain and unnoticed me is no more

Mannering lessons to Singh over the course of the day progressed smoothly, and sometimes your parents were disciplined well, and then finished only on weekends. I had an unexpected request from Liam.

"Um... are you really going to do such a big thing?

Unusual, Liam, who came back to the inn after noon, was told that he wanted to talk to the maid with a serious expression, and I was about to take a break on alternation. I guided him to my room. Immediately after entering the room, Liam lowered his head to me, looking very tired. From that state, it was conveyed that it was quite chopped.

"Ah, the only thing I can ask is the general. On behalf of your friend, I would like you to attend tomorrow's evening party as your partner. He's... um... he's a strange woman... who hasn't been seen much since he was a kid. There are only countless parties and so on, and even that leaves without interacting with others. That's why my face is barely known. The general has the same hair colour and may be a little short of height, but it can be anything with shoes. It's okay, because I'm famous for being different, no one will notice if I can't dance or if I don't have some manners."

No matter how accustomed I am to disguising myself, I have never been a real person before.

In the first place, Liam should not know that I am doing disguised things to hide my identity, so why did you bring such a request?

Aren't you glad to be able to use the lodging as a collaborator of Ichii? If this is within our scope of cooperation, I wish I had told you before...

In anticipation of this, Liam would be quite a shard if he had revealed himself to me to block the escape route.

Besides, the friend of His Highness Wilfred is Alford's uncle's brother and sister's grandson. It was my cousin who lived in neighboring Alford.

She is the Marquise of Dalia Amber Kenjit, famous as a freak. I was twenty years old. Although she is a beautiful woman, she has only been interested in poison and poison since childhood, and suddenly started taking high school classes after jumping to school. She is a rare talented woman with an unusual background of graduating in just three years after completing primary and secondary school, which takes eight years to graduate.

After graduation, they set up their own lab on the grounds of the Mansion, and since then, they have barely come out of there and have been studying poison.

"Your Majesty doesn't have a chosen opponent yet. So this is a night party to find someone to marry, but unfortunately, Your Highness doesn't feel like it. If you escort someone badly as a partner on the spot, they will have weird expectations....."

"So, one of your friends asked a woman who wasn't willing to marry anyone to have a partner instead of a bug repellent."

"That's right."

I understand that, but how did Lord Wilfred become friends with her neighbor and older? Even if I had studied in this country, I wouldn't have known her before she graduated from the Jumping Class, and now I can't find a connection to her at Alford.

Ah... poison? If His Highness is in such a dangerous position as to need two Shadow Warriors, he may need the antidote that Dalia is studying.

But you shouldn't ask.

It's the same thing as asking if there has ever been an assassination attempt.

"Do you know where Dalia is, even if I assume the responsibility? While I stand next to His Highness, I will be confused by the appearance of my face at the venue."

"Ah, he... ignored what we had to stop, went to the woods looking for poison, took a lot of stuff that we could only pick in this country, got a rash on his skin, and returned."

"Yeah? Is that okay?

"Don't worry. She said she would make her own medicine. Haa... but even this morning, the medicine isn't finished..."

No matter how talented Daria is, she won't be able to stay overnight with a boulder.

"I can't wear a dress like this, so take someone like me instead... Since you originally said you couldn't do it, it would be nice to just lend me your name, but it's hard to find a daughter with that platinum blonde in this country. I can't ask a poor noble lady, and when it comes to our allies in Ichii, there are only female generals."

Ah... Daria must have wanted that from the beginning.

I wonder if he came out of the lab because he wanted a poison that could only be harvested in this country. Must have discovered a lot of it, raised tension, and noticed that the poison was touching the skin.

Her recent study is to make medicine from poison. We have already developed several medicines to help treat diseases that cannot be cured by curative magic, not just antidotes.

Her research is excellent.

I can't refuse to think that it was my cousin's asswipe who accidentally made a mistake and reneged on her promise to His Highness.

Honestly, I don't want to show my face in a place where people don't want to meet, but I can't even explain why.

"... I understand. I'll take that story."

"I see! So, what time do we get out of here tomorrow? I don't want to interrupt my work, but I want to teach you all I can about night clubs, manners, etc."

Liam's expression was dazzling and clear, with a heartwarming face.

I was not explicitly told, but you may accept that this is an order from His Highness. He talked to me like a favor, but I had no choice but to say no from the beginning.

Tomorrow is afternoon off.

"Oh, I see. Well, I'll pick you up when I'm done. Don't worry, Dalia-sama will lend you what you wear. After work, we will go to Dalia-sama together, get dressed, and have her learn the manners of the night club in a short time. Okay, I'm going. Tell Chiyo I'm not coming back today and Fred's not coming."

I've never seen Daria before. Smart girl might come looking at me with a pin.

"I see. See you tomorrow."

I sent Liam out the back door to return to His Highness in a hurry for the report and immediately returned to work.

When I got back to the kitchen, Sin and Taki looked at me worried, so I smiled and reassured them for the time being. Is Chiyo helping people with both hobbies and benefits? That's what I did to keep everyone from worrying.

Though I told Sin everything, I can't just say anything about His Highness. I feel hesitant to keep secrets, but I can't help it.

The next day, when lunchtime was over, Liam came to pick me up. When we took a carriage parked on the main street and arrived at a large hotel near the royal palace, the carriage went straight to the back of the stables, where we got off and entered through the back entrance.

After Liam, I went into Daria's room, where I stayed in the hotel's special room, and there was a grown-up woman with the same hair color as me. Poor thing. The area around the visible hands and cheeks has rashes and redness.

"... oh, you really have a hair color similar to mine. I'm Daria. Please get dressed quickly. Come here."

There was a slight smell of medicinal herbs in the room, and one of the rooms was a dispensing space. Some grass was lined up in a sack of hemp, I think it was collected.

"Do you care? It's all poison. I'm working on making medicine from poison. You run the inn."

"Yes, my name is Lana and I'm here to represent Dalia today."

Dalia glanced at me and changed her expression for a moment, but without any extra talk, she was taken to the room where the costume she was wearing today was placed. What was available was, of course, an Alford dress.

When I wore it and had my hair set in a maid, I borrowed makeup tools and put on my own makeup.

As it is, it is too sweet, it is too different from Dalia, and I thought it would not suit the dress I borrowed. In line with her image, she applied a slightly dark-eyed adult makeup like before, and was fully prepared for battle.

"Dear Liam, thank you for waiting. How about this?

After wearing a luxurious dress and changing my makeup accordingly, Liam glanced at me in a dazzling manner and kept staring at me. When I looked closely, my cheeks became slightly red and stained.

I wonder if my transformation went well.

"Ah... I'll rent this room for a while until Daria picks me up. I have to teach her the manners of the night club."

"Please, I'll let you stay in your room again. Lana, you may feel bad, but please take my place. I'll give you those dresses and ornaments as a gift. That's why you don't have to come back here after the night club. Don't forget to bring out what you've got in your bag."

I was explained by Liam about the manners in social situations, and I was able to understand Sin's feelings a bit. It was painful to be asked carefully what I already knew.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Fred will attend today's evening party. But be careful to treat me as Your Highness."

"... eh? It's an important evening party, Your Highness, but won't you attend?

"Ah, well... sometimes."

"I see. Your Highness, I feel a little relieved to think that you are not the other person. I will serve you well."

A little later, Fred picked me up, no, Daria.

He wore the jacket I borrowed from His Highness on the day of the party, set his milk tea hair properly and appeared in full prince style. He also looked at me like Liam and said nothing, laughing with satisfaction.

"You've turned into a general. Fufu, you look different. Thank you for listening to me today, even though it was sudden. Thank you. Let's go."

I gently grabbed Fred's arm and was smartly escorted out of the hotel.

Then he took a royal carriage that he had ridden on that party day and headed to the royal palace where the evening party would be held tonight.

It's been a long time since I've been to a place where a lot of nobles gather, and I was scared to remember that day, but now I've told myself that I'm Daria, not Elaine.